To Adolf Reuter 27 September 1869
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Sep. 27. 1869
Dear Sir
I am very much obliged for your extremely courteous letter, & for your valuable notes together with the specimens.1
It is very good of you to take so much trouble for my sake.
I shall give several of your notes in any future edition of my work. The facts about grafting & budding are perhaps the most important.2 But the case of the great difference in hardiness in the varieties of the Syringa Persica has particularly struck me. The varieties themselves are also very curious.3
Dr Hooker of Kew happened to be staying here, & I shewed him your specimens, several of which were new to him.4
With my best thanks for your very great kindness I beg leave to remain dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Thanks AR for specimens and notes. Will keep them for future edition [of Variation]. Particularly struck by difference in hardiness of varieties of Syringa persica.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6912
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Adolf Reuter
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 224–225)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6912,” accessed on 30 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6912.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
